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To: Maurice Winn who wrote (200944)	8/24/2023 6:49:06 AM
From: Snowshoe	1 Recommendation Recommended By Pogeu Mahone Respond to of 217949

Mq, that is the famous M142 HIMARS rocket launcher. It's mounted on a standard US Army 5-ton truck frame, and can be fitted with a pod for either six smaller rockets or one big rocket. Ukraine has been using the smaller rockets for over a year now, to blow up enemy command posts and ammunition dumps. Russia has been moving these targets out of range, so Ukraine wants the bigger rockets to get back into the hunt. Unfortunately Russia has developed electronic counter-measures against these rockets, so Ukraine is developing counter-counter-measures. Who knew that war could be SO complicated?

To: Maurice Winn who wrote (200944)	8/24/2023 7:23:20 AM
From: Snowshoe	1 Recommendation Recommended By Pogeu Mahone Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 217949

Mq, the Pentagon loves your pickup rocket launcher idea! Look at the cute acronym they used... ;) VAMPIRE - Vehicle-Agnostic Modular Palletized ISR Rocket Equipment system armytimes.com August 25, 2022 WASHINGTON — The U.S. is sending Ukraine “Vampire” kits that transform pickup trucks and other non-tactical vehicles into highly portable missile launchers. As part of a $3 billion package for Ukraine that the Pentagon announced Wednesday, the Vehicle-Agnostic Modular Palletized ISR Rocket Equipment system is a portable kit that can be installed on most vehicles with a cargo bed for launching the Advanced Precision Kill Weapons System or other laser-guided munitions. The L3Harris-made weapon - a small, four-barreled rocket launcher and sensor ball ? can be mounted in two hours and operated by a single person, the company said. It can be equipped with missiles to hit ground or air targets including unmanned aircraft systems. “The Vampire system itself is a counter-UAS system, ” said Colin Kahl, undersecretary of defense for policy, said at a press briefing Wednesday. “It is a kinetic system that uses small missiles essentially to shoot UAVs out of the sky.” Full story: armytimes.com